English Chess Federation

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The English Chess Federation (ECF) is the governing chess organisation in England and is one of the federations of the FIDE.

The ECF was founded in 1904 as the British Chess Federation and, although Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Channel Islands had their own federations for many years, it was not until 2005 that the BCF was renamed to reflect this.

The ECF publishes the magazine ChessMoves.

The British Chess Championship is run under the auspices of the ECF, and has been held annually since 1904, apart from during world wars.

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[edit] British Chess Federation

The British Chess Federation (BCF) was the governing body of chess in England from 1904 until 2005.

It had long been argued in some quarters that the BCF should change its name to reflect the fact that only England came under its jurisdiction. The main counter-argument was that the BCF did in fact have a British dimension, since it administered the British Chess Championship. From the 1990s there had also been a campaign for the BCF to acquire the status of a company limited by guarantee, as part of a drive towards generating more sponsorship money, increasing membership and limiting the liability of its members.

It was decided to 'kill two birds with one stone', and at the start of the 2005/6 season the English Chess Federation was created, inheriting the BCF's assets and personnel. The former BCF still exists for legacy purposes, and their website remained at www.bcf.org.uk when it was inherited by the ECF.

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